Fancourt: Montagu
George, Western Cape, South Africa•Private
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Fancourt: Montagu
Montagu Street, Blanco
George, Western Cape 6530
South Africa
Overview
The Montagu Course was the first of three courses to open at the Fancourt Resort in 1992. Initially there were 27 holes until an additional nine was added in 1997. There was a major renovation in 2004 by David McLay Kidd and tweaks in 2018 by Gary Player. These improved playability and emphasized its traditional parkland look and feel. Each renovation focused on resurfacing greens as well as making sightlines more intimidating while removing dense native bushes on the fairways to make landing areas larger and more forgiving. The course features fast greens and undulating fairways flanked by native trees and dense vegetation. The more challenging front nine features three par 4s over 400 yards as well as the challenging par-5 ninth with a small green seemingly shrunk by the lake behind. The second nine is highlighted by the challenging 200-yard par-3 17th over a lake to a green guarded by bunkers. While The Links course garners much of the attention at Fancourt Resort, the Montagu is well-worth playing and deserving of its ranking.
